Lot Essay
A set of eight Regency tea canisters of this model was sold Christie's London, 11 December 1986, lot 71 (£5,280).
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19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ENGLISH TÔLE SCARLET, GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED TEA CANISTERS
19th Century
Each domed lid above a sloped octagonal shoulder with rounded edge decorated with gilt-scroll work on a red ground and an octagonal body, centered by a figure of a Chinaman within a black scrollwork surround, flanked by two panels each decorated with a Chinese character, one inscribed 5, the other 6
19½in. (49.5cm.) high (2)
19th Century
Each domed lid above a sloped octagonal shoulder with rounded edge decorated with gilt-scroll work on a red ground and an octagonal body, centered by a figure of a Chinaman within a black scrollwork surround, flanked by two panels each decorated with a Chinese character, one inscribed 5, the other 6
19½in. (49.5cm.) high (2)